ever meet a cafe member by accident THANKS JIM SIMPSON

[culler]

I answered a Craig's list. Ad for a THE LOAR. mandolin. Locally.( WHEELING. WVA).... When I met the seller I recognized his name from the cafe.... WE. had a nice talk ! Also sold me a NICE MANDO at a great price. THANKS. JIM SIMPSON for a nice transaction.
So has anyone else met a cafe member unexpected

[MikeEdgerton]

Jim is a nice guy. I met him several years ago at Windgap.

[Robert B]

I was looking in the classifieds and ran across an instrument being sold by someone I went to high school with 30 odd years ago.

[k0k0peli]

Not yet, but if you see some tall guy wearing a ballcap with my avatar's design on it, that could be me.

[Londy]

I do love the avatar kokopeli

[Bertram Henze]

I had several MC encounters in the past. I guess most of us are real existing people.

[Scott Tichenor]

People, be careful out here.

We had a young couple in Nashville that both played mandolin who met on this Forum and ultimately got married.

[jim simpson]

Randy, it was great meeting you. Thanks for nice comments, good to meet other bluegrassers in our region.

Mike, I believe we met at Wind Gap - good to put a face with an online friend.

Scott, I'm already married, lol!

I've had a pleasure to meet a number of members over the years plus the friends who were already members.

This is a great site!

[journeybear]

Well, I've met several members, though not by accident. These nice folks are kind enough to look me up when they come down here. I look forward to Dave Reiner's annual visit with family at Christmas time. The only time I've met a member elsewhere was a planned meet with Jamie Stanek last summer at Philadelphia Folk Fest.

That said, I do wear my Mandolin Café ball cap all the time, in the hopes someone will recognize it and we will make each other's days. Years ago I bumped into someone on the street wearing a WFUV hat (one of my favorite radio stations from back up north (Fordham University's Voice), the other being WPKN in Bridgeport CT (no idea what the call letters stand for), a great listener-supported station), we got to talking, and I swear he started tearing up, and I may have, too. It's wonderful to think how much these things mean to people. So always wear your hat, everyone! You never know ...

[JEStanek]

I have run into a couple of fellow Cafe members at the Philly Folk Festival where I usually have case stickers on me a thrust at people holding mandolin cases.when I introduce myself. I've met a handful of Cafe members in real life under mandolin and non mandolin related settings. My most mando dense meet up was the two CBOM-O-Rama's Otterly and Avi hosted a few years back.

It goes to show me that most people you'll meet in this world are good fine folks. At least if you're meeting due to shared interests.

Jamie